100% Pass In FY8E: How Sawaieke District Did It
It takes a village to raise a child, and that was the secret of how Sawaieke District School achieved a 100 per cent pass rate in last year’s Fiji Year Eight Examination (FY8E).
Sunday 07 January 2024 | 13:38
Year 8 students of Sawaieke District School with their teacher, Shonal Sami.
It takes a village to raise a child, and that was the secret of how Sawaieke District School achieved a 100 per cent pass rate in last year’s Fiji Year Eight Examination (FY8E).
Sawaieke District School Year 8 teacher, Shonal Sami, said he was a proud man when he found out that the perseverance, hard work, and unity of not only his students but the whole village came to fruition last week.
Mr Sami said the whole village community must be acknowledged for this achievement.
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“Parental engagement was the key and they supported our aim for a 100 per cent pass rate. I had the most supportive parents and stakeholders from Sawaieke and Somosomo villages. They also made it their goal to ensure that their children passed with flying colours,” Mr Sami said.
“The students were well fed, well looked after and well supported all the time when I requested for extra classes,” he said.
“Our parents helped me organise Saturday classes and a camp so that we could have early morning classes and night classes as well. The village took care of meals and all other necessary needs.
“The vanua of Sawaieke and all village elders of Sawaieke including the vakatawa, talatala qase continuously encouraged the students and kept motivating them to strive for excellence and quality pass.”
The school, based on the island of Gau in the Lomaiviti Group, has a roll of 71 students.
Mr Sami said the head girl, Sisilia Kamanalagi, who scored 442/500 achieved the highest mark in the school.
“Our English highest mark was 91/100 and this is a milestone for a rural, remote school.
“We also made an aim at the beginning of the year, and that was for everyone to pass maths. Last year our maths result was not that good so we learned from that mistake and pulled up this year.
“My lowest for maths was 67 and highest was 88. All students were over 70 and 80 in maths even. The average mark for maths was 80.8. This is indeed a proud moment for us.
“I can only thank God for the excellent results that the students were able to put out.”
Mr Sami also acknowledged the school head teacher, manager, chairman and treasurer for their support in the 2023 academic year.
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